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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Pendle Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Old Laund Hall Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9NT
Received 13 Aug 20252 Albert Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0AA
Received 14 Aug 202583 Chapel Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9XT
Received 14 Aug 2025Higher Park House Kelbrook Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5TD
Received 14 Aug 2025Higher Park House Kelbrook Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5TD
Received 14 Aug 2025T-Mobile (99817) Nelson ATE Telephone Exchange Broad Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 2025Site Of Hope Mill Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 2025Land Off Heather Close Brierfield Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 202526 Farrer Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7DW
Received 15 Aug 2025Site Of Wheatley Laithe Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 2025Site Of Wheatley Laithe Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 2025Site Of Wheatley Laithe Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire
Received 15 Aug 202521 Ribblesdale Place Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AX
Received 15 Aug 2025Land At Former Garden Centre Skipton New Road Foulridge Lancashire
Received 18 Aug 2025Greenberfield Farm Greenberfield Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5SU
Received 18 Aug 2025Site Of Hope Mill Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 2025Pendle Rise Shopping Centre Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9SL
Received 20 Aug 2025Site For Proposed Agricultural Buildings To The South East Of Trawden Recreation Ground Keighley Road Trawden Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 2025140 Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0PJ
Received 21 Aug 202518 Manchester Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5PR
Received 21 Aug 2025247 Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0ER
Received 21 Aug 2025Slate Age (fence) Ltd Fencegate Fence Lancashire BB12 9EG
Received 21 Aug 2025138 Berkeley Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0RJ
Received 22 Aug 202516 Rostle Top Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6NJ
Received 27 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Pendle Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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